SPICULATE

Spic″u‐late (?), a. [[L. spiculatus, p. p. of spiculare to sharpen, to point, fr. spiculum a dart.]] 1. 1. Covered with, or having, spicules.
2. 2. (Bot.) Covered with minute spiculæ, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small spikelets.